courteously

Example Sentences

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Ms. Weiss has so far upheld what I will courteously assume was the implicit bargain that landed her the CBS job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

A clerk courteously answered and then, noticing the man’s attire, asked, “Did you want times for ‘Barbie,’ too?”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

In Omaha, city leaders and the most famous local resident are disagreeing, courteously, over a plan to bring back streetcars.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2023

He replied, most courteously, “You might wish to ask someone who works here.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2022

He met both Hrdlicka and Holmes, who, to Figgins’s relief, treated him courteously.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann